Gavin de Becker

Nothing will work reliably.

There is no solution to that problem that is reliable.

Yeah.

There are devices sold.

There's all variety of things.

But the reality is that even if something worked, even if I said to you, here's this cool new such and such phone that will protect you, it will only protect you for a while because there's a constant effort to improve the exploits.

And also, I have to say, people are –

somewhat reluctant and maybe even lazy.

I'll put myself on the list and I'll put you on the list without even knowing you.

We're all not as careful as we could be in terms of what we say, what we text.

And I have a dear friend and client who every text and every email that he sends also goes to his executive assistant.

And everybody knows it.

And what happens is it controls and influences his behavior.

So when you send me that off-color joke that I wouldn't want to see on television, he responds differently.

He doesn't say, oh, that's great, and add another topping line on top of it.

Because he knows that his assistant in the other room is seeing that.

And so the best we can all do...

is be watchful what we say and have no pretense of privacy or confidentiality because it simply does not exist, period.

The U.S.

government got into the phones of all of our allies, prime ministers, chancellor of West Germany, prime minister of England, president of France.